FOOD SHORTAGE AT ASYLUM SEEKER RESOURCE CENTRE The ASRC is experiencing a food shortage because the two largest providers of food, Foodbank Victoria and Victorian Relief Committee, are unable to meet current demands.
The Foodbank at the Footscray ASRC is the largest in Australia for asylum seekers and provides food to over 1300 asylum seekers a month (over 12,000 food parcels in the past year). There is an ever increasing demand on the Foodbank due to the East Timorese losing their entitlements and the closing of the Western Migrant Resource Centre. The ASRC is looking for food donors who can contribute on a regular basis. The ASRC is also looking for volunteers to do food aid fundraising. How to Donate Food Donations can be taken to the ASRC at 207-211 Nicholson Street Footscray anytime Mondays to Fridays from 10am to 5pm and on Wednesday evenings between 6.30pm and 9.30pm. Examples of items needed at ASRC: Fresh Fruit Fresh Vegetables Canned Fruit Cheese Canned Veggies Long Life Milk Breakfast Cereals Tea Pasta Coffee Spaghetti Margarine Pasta Sauces Spices Canned Tuna Dried Peas Canned Salmon Soup Mix Plain Biscuits (Crackers) Vegetable Oil Savoury Biscuits Lentils Sweet Biscuits Flour Chickpeas Salt Sugar Rice Sauces (soy,tomato) Broad Beans Semolina Peanut Butter _________________________________________ Toiletries Toothpaste Shampoo Conditioner Razors Toilet Paper Sanitary Pads Soap Nappies How to become a food aid fundraiser Contact the Co-ordinator at the ASRC, Kon Karapanagiotidis, email: = [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Sub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsub: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]